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lie KNOWS II ALL!
Says 1t Will be the Old Fight with tho Same
.s,.s.t /. Result. 1'r p.

Says 1t wii be the Old Fight with tho Same
Result. e
PORTLAND, MAINE, Nov. 1S.-E1-Con.
yresumau L. D. W. Sweat, who has just
returned from Europe, said yesterday, in
the couras OF an interview:
~ met Mr.. Blaine while in Paris. !
have known Mr.. Blaine for forty years
and never cav him apparently in better
health or spirits."
"Do you believe that Mr.. Blaine will be
nominated?" l..e
" have no doubt at all on that point,
and, OF course, he will accept the nomina-
ton. What else can he do? What is he
living for? He will make a strong run.
Everything was said about him before
that could be said and he will be open to
no new attacks. I regard Blaine as the
strongest candidate the Republicans can
put in the field, but he will be again de-
leated by President Cleveland"
'Do you expect to see President Cleve-
land renominated ?"
"Certsinly. There is nobody else to
nominate; he is stronger to-day than al
any previous time. l believe Mr.. Blaine
would consider him stronger man to run
against than anybody else. As for Blaine
he is having good time in Europe. He
will be nominated, he knows that, and
therefore isn't giving himself any trouble
about the matter.
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TuEPOsTAL ROUTES.
Report Of Second Assistant Postmaster-
.&s. General Knott,

..a ~
Report Of Second Assistant Postmaster
&eg General. Knott.
WARRINGTON, Nov. ls.-Thc annual re-
port Of A. Knott, Second Assistant Post
master.G General, shows. that thu total cost
for the year was .$29, 9,S06,50s. In one star
service there was an increase Of Bl5 routes
and decrease in cost Of S252,G47. In the
mail messenger service there was an in
crease OF l63 routes and decrease OF
&,Sl1 in cost. In the railroad service
there was an increase Of 7,0l5 miles in
length Of routes and On increase in cost OF
$65S, 500. The increase in the number Of
pieces Of mail handled by tho postal
clerks during the fiscal year over the pre-
seding year was sos, 100000. The total
amount Of estimates submitted to meet
the requirements OF the Office OF Second
Assistant Postmaster. General for tho Hscal
year 1SSS-S9. is $3l, 1886, ,065. The report
closes with q strong recommendation in
favor OF q change In the method Of paying
railroads for mail transportation. 1t is
maintained that the railway service has
outgrown the old method Of adjusting the
pay Of railroads, and it is recommended
that space be subatituted Tor weight aa
the basis and criterion Of the compensa-
ton of railroads. = @ y 4
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TuE Official returns from Virginia are
no. yet in, but the Republicans claim
about 1000 on the popular vote, and the
Democrats ore so upset that they are not
denying the claim. Chairman Barbour
made desperate fight for the Legislature,
availing himself Of the new Democratic
election law and Of some other things even
less reputable. @a . ..,
The Republicans have twice carried the
State on the popular vote since Lee was
elected Governor. They have now eight
out OF the ten Representatives in Congress,
and it is not q stretch Of imagination to
entertain hope OF carrying the State 70,
the Republican Presidential ticket. ,a
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TEMPERANCE WORK.
THIRD DAY OF THE CONVENTION
A Resolution to Farther Gospel Work.
A Telegram from DR.. Newman. 15-i' H 7
Fratornnl Dsisgatcs-Tho Work
~ In India--Ncafing tho End. 4,

NASHVILLE, TENN, Nov. 1S.-Tho con-
vention Is occupying the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. whore ample room
Is cordially offered by the pastor. Such a
company Of women has never assembled
In Southern church-34l delegates and
officers, representing thirty.eight States
and territories and the District OF Column
bla. The colored State Womans' Christian
Temperance Union, Of Tennessee, Is rep.s
resented by Mrs. Phillips, Of Memphis.
Among the important deciaions oi this ]
mornings session Is the creation Of /
missionary band to further the gospel
work in all sections. iis, !,
The following telegrama oi greeting 10
the National Convention were received :l,ie;
- wv WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. Is. Z
metropolitan Ohurchgreeta convention 4
OF advanced workers for prohibition and i
congratulates Miss Willard on her annual !
address. DR.. ]. H. NEWMAN ;isl
t"sNEw YoKk, Nov. is. sl lit
The Bureau Executive, speaking for I
Its broad constituency, extends the con.
centrated Christian womsnhood OF the /;
nation and the world its heartieat greet,
inRs and promisee tho closeat corporation &
In all efforts in favor OF that trinity OF du. /,
ties which exhaust the widest require. &
ment Of the Christian and the patriot, 4
loyalty to God and home and native land. I.
(slRned) CLINTON B. FISK,
~ 81 President. y
Mr.. Jones, Secretary OF the British Peacs I.
Society, and Rev. D. q. Kelly, fraternal Z
delegate Of tho Southern Temperance b
Alliance, were introduced and briefly adj
dressed the convention. ,3sslJF A;
Then Pundita Ramabal apoks Of the iu- j
dustrial school for the hig b cast Hindu i,
widows in India. She hopes to establlsh I
o large donation for this purpose. M. ..l3i!
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Sitting Bulls Fine Work.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, Nov. lS.-General F.
O. Armstrong, Indian Inspector, who has
been located on the Grow reservation since
the trouble began, which eliminated in
the death Of Sword Bearer, arrived in this
city yesterday. S General Armstrong gave
a detailed account Of the causes that led to
the recent disturbances on the Grow res.
eryaton, which, he said, have been brew.
ing for the past two years. l..4
Tho most Of the mischief waa done last
spring, when Sitting Bull, with a party. Of
Sioux warriors numbering about one hun.
dred, came to the Grow reservation and
pitched his camp within almost a stones
throw Of the Custer monument and began
to harangue the Grows. 5lilly 3S':,:si
In his report to the Secretary OF the In.
terror, General Armstrong has recon-.
mended that Crazy Head and Deaf Bull
be cent to some safe place, probably to
Fort Pickens, Fla, where Geronimo Ia at
present, or be separated and sent to dii.
fersnt places at any rate they should be
taken out of the company Of the young
braves that they are now only contamina:
ting by their talk and influence. sS;,
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A CITY'S TROUBLE,

Water Scarce, Electric Light Shut Ofrand
City Omcinls Wrnngiing.
3 FT. WAYNE, IND, Nov. l8.-The city Of
Ft. Wayne, with a population Of 10 900,
seems to be about to experience the hor-
rors Of o water famine. :
Because Of the long drought the water
in the supply basin, rs we'll as the small
streams that contribute to 1t, has 30 failed
that not enough pressure is given to tho
mains To operate the elevators In tbs hotels
and other tall buildings, and their use has
been abandoned. ElI.s, Il. "A. u
The local electric light company has
served notice upon the city that not enough
water can be had from the mains to aup.
ply their engines, and the inconveniencs
Of complete or partial darkness at night is
to be added to the promised water famine.
Meantime, while FIRE or two would find
the department crippled, the City Council
and water works trustees are ct logger
heads and abuse each other in the public
nrirfe ssE 5yI9 q l.iE - q :sfr- ,slrs
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TIE STEEL RAIL SITUATION,


Probability of n General shutdown, Which
VIII Paradise tho Coke Iuterests.
PlTTsnURdu, Nov. ls.-Ths conference
between the Bsasemer steel rail manutac. !.
turers OF tho country, Of which there are
twe.Ys in number. Ia exciting widespread
interest. 1t hos been definitely and
authorita!ivsly stated that all the manu-
facturera who haye been for years working
harmoniously together, hsvs decided to
order a general suspension Of work, and
while tho time has not been fixed, 1t Ia
expected that 1t will occur on the 18th of
December. Tho cause Of this suspension
is The unsatisfactory condition OF the rail
market. Many contracts are expiring
aud new ones are being held back in the
hope OF lower prices. Others are willing
to place contracts, but tho termg are on
tirely unsatisfactory. Tho manufacturers
cay thst prices cannot be reducad owing
to the high wages and the rates demanded
for ore. sg
The suspension will throw all immense
number Of mon out Of work, not only in
the mills, but in the coke regions Of this
section. It is eDtinsted that fully one
third OF the coke output will be thrown
on the market, and this will not only re.
duce the price, bu! may result in shut
down ola large proportion Of the ovens
and consequently reduce the nvmbey ci
Torkmen, - 7.r'
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THE GRIM I OF An otD MAN.
Showers Again Confesses that He Murdered
FL His Grnndchildrsn. \

. . . d.
LEBANON, Pa, Nov. s,-Willlam Show
ers, the old farmer who has beon in Jail
in this place Hlnce last May, awaiting trial
on charge OF numbering bis two grand
children, haa made his second confession
OF his crimo, i,.If4 q ,T3 y III
His frat he made q few weeks ago in
open Court, his case having been called
for trial and In the absence Of bis counooI.
in that confession ho declared that he had
Killed the children at the suggestion Of bis
houaekeeper, who aided him In the crime,
go that there would DO no impediment to
his marrying the housokeoper. s. ia5. -
Yesterday the old man (he Is nearly
seventy Bummonod Col. ssllzsr to his cell
and made second confession to him. He
said the children, aged two and four years,
were illeRitimats children born In his
daughter Sarah. Ho had always support-
ed them. Boon after the birth OF tho lass
child his daughter married q notorious
character known az "HutEnagls, the Cow.
boy" Hudnaglo and hIs wite we're anx-
ioua to get Showers out oil the way, and
once his daughter attempted to poison
him. After that Showera drove Hut.
n9gle from tho house. Hufrnasle tried to
kill the old man several times, once by
placing dynamite cartridges where ho was
working. Soon after that two Of the chill.
dren died, followed by the death Of their
mother. Then Showsra' wife died leaving
him with the care oil the two unfortunate
grandchildren. Ins IT
1t was hard for him to get anyone 10
keep house for him and have the care OF
the children, 80 he tried to place them in
different almshouses, without SUCCESS.
Finally, overwhelmed with trouble, and
believing that 1t would be batter for his
nameless grandchildren, he killed them
while they were asleep and buried their
bodies In q ditch, whore they were found.
showeru docs not charge his housekesper
with any knowledge OF the crime in this
confession. r.l
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A NEEDED SEWER
On tho 1slnnd Causes Considerable Discus.
HE, sion as to tho Funds, I'd 7,5

On tho Island Causes Conslderable Discus.
sion as to tho Funds. 5T
At the last meeting ol COUNCIL the Board
Of Public Works reported that 1t had had
presented to 1t a petition from a number
Of resldeutn living on the Island, on South
Front street, south OF Capt. John Nc
Lures residence and west Of the alley in
the rear Of the same, and also those living
ou Vermont street, running ut right
aDgles through that section, asking for
needed sewerage. The petitioners are
nearly oil persons who have built houses
In that neighborhood In the past eight
months. The Board reported that 1t was
highly important that sewer be put In as
asked for, at once, but that 1t
had no funds with which to do the work.
The matter was referred to the Board and
Committee on Finance Jointly, with in
Htructiona to the latter to ecale, II possible.
some Of the appropriations made the
other departments and thus provide for
this want. The two bodies met last even
Ing at the office Of the Board. Several
gentlemen whose names were attached to
the petition were also present. The Board
reported that 1t would require about 1900
feet OF twelve and fifteen inch crock pipe
to do the work and that the cost would
be about 81 400. The committee had no
other figures before it except such as
Clerk Lancaster, Of the Board, produced 10
explain as far as posaible points raised in
the discussion. Instead of making an
effort to scale down other department ap-
propriations, an endeavor was made to
find aome money that had been appro.
priated to the Board and not used, with
which to do the work. This raised a
racket, and for time it looked as though
nothing would be done. Then it was re-.
solved to have an ordinance drafted seal.
ing down the city's contingent fund, OF
which about IS, 400is left, 81, 400, and thus
provide for the sewer. 225;::7.5.sst II: =.
The Board then announced that it had
no money in its contingent fund to do
needed cleaning work, and how to pro.
vide for this was being discussed when
Clerk RoweIa appeared and said that the
Boards contingent fund had about $1,000
to Its credit. The Board, surprised 70
hear this, said that would suffice to meet
ita wants for the balance OF the year,
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CoNDENsED, TEL EGnAMs.

John J. Breslin, the woll-known Irish
patriot, died yesterday in New York.
The Southern Pacific yardmon struck
for an increase Of wages yeatcrday ut
Houston, Texas. ! ,.5.3ssy,.
The Cincinnati monument to the late
President Garfield will be unveiled Dcce,n,
Der /, at 2 o'clock. y.t 1s,
A $4,000 FIRE at Carolton, ILL.,, yeater-
dsy, destroyed "a brick block owned by
DR.. O. B. Clemmons, drugsiat.
Prof. S. P. Langley was yesterday
elected Superintendent OF the Smithsonian
Institute OF Washington, to succeed Prof.
Baird. a.4.
The immense car and machine shops OF
the Cincinnati Southern Railway at Lud.
low, Ky, were burned by fire yesterday.
Loss, Sl75,O0O; insured. fssz1.
The advance sheets OF Anarchist Par
sonB' book, "Anarchism-Its Philosophy
and Scientific Basis" which was written
in prison, are published.
j at the State Convention Of the Union
Labor party Of Wisconsin yesterday, q
resolution expressing sympathy with the
Anarchists was almost unanimously voted
down. il \, 4 - -
Dr.. Drummond, the famous ecientist ol
the University Of Edinburgh, Ia mention.
ed as the choice OF an Influential portion
Of the Princeton alumni to uucceed DR.,
McCosh. ~, So 55l,1
Kilman 9. Justice was hanged yesterday
at Atlanta, Ga, for the murder OF Jamel
P. Goddard. Justice waa moonshinel
and Goddard had put the authorities or
his track. ~ tss.:s I ! 2 4. Il
In the U. s. Circuit Court yesterday al
Galveston, Texas, iudgmenta we're issued
against the city Of Houston, aggregatin,
$l7,70O accrued interest on bonds issuet
during the days Of reconatruclion. 81
Two hundred telegraph operators Q
both sexes, employed by the B. & 0. com
pany at Broadway and Canal streets, Ne,
York, were notified yesterday that thei
services would not! bes required after th
last day, of this month "a
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ElCE DENIES
The Runor That Ho Won a Quarter OF II
million From Lorillard.

The Rumor That Ho Won a Quarter Of II
million From Lorillartl.
NEw YORK, Nov. lS.-The Sun to-day
prints the following: Tho stories Of high
play in the New York clubs have be.
come staple article in the gossip Of 60:
ciety. 5
The lateat and most startling Of these
reports Of club gambling came from the
Union Club and was to the effect that at q
session over baccaret recently in the card
room Mr. ALLEN Thorndyke Rice, Of tho
North Anserican Reuie,o, won $225, 600 from
Mr.. Plerro Lorillard. ,{5
A reporter inquired Of several clubmen
about the story. Some Of them had
heard 1t casually, the circumstances and
figures being % given here, The Union
clubmen seen declared that they did not
believe it. Mr.. Rice himself said the
atory was nonsenae. Mr.. Rice did not
say yes to the query ii this meant that he
had never won large sum OF money
from Mr.. Lorillard q. bsccaret. Mr.. Lorill.
ard the reporter could not fud. y IS
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UNIVERSITY NEWS. vs.,
Ths Cadets Contemplated Visit to Wheel.
idg-Students Arrssted. IS s.
Aa6eLdl nis,aukeh ikA E,l.iLoeaAs- L q ~

Aho onuots' Sontenpihteu Visit 10 Whools
idg-students Arrested. gss5j
sbtcIal Dispdtea 10 tk Inld,icsnor. AZ ~
MoRaASrowN, W. Va, Nov. 1S.-Prol.
8. +. Ford again appeared at the M. E.
Church this evening" with an entire
change Of programme. Since his arrival
he has won many friends and his fine ad.
dress In the Chapel this morning was ap.
plauded to the echo. .iZs
The Cadet Corps have realized a hand.
some sum and expect to Increase It during
the year. With some assurances from
Wheeling, they will In all likelihood be
there next spring. Or. r. \ \.
9 Three students were arrested this after.
noon for unnecessarily OBTAINING fellow.
student while on his way home. Alter
hearing the case Mayor Fast In a neat III.
lie speech gave the deiendants some good
a!dvice and imposed fns upon them ior
disorderly conduct. Tho greater part OF
the students wero present during the pro.
gress OF the trial. 1g' ,,le7''s.sli,S :
Tho L0enaeum made ita appearance to.
day and is sparkling with interesting COL
lege news. sl 55 ,N'r 5.Nw rtD5g
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rltlmatum of tho Antl.Orgnu

rltmatum of tho Anti. Organ People.
NESIA, O., Nov. 1S.--At the closing ues-
sion Of the United Presbyterian Oonven-
tion, yesterday, series otresolutions were
adopted, the following being the most i'm
portsnt: "That phould the Assembly
iurther refuse to grant any relief, We shall
feel at liberty and even constrained to
adopt such measures as may be necessary
to maintain the purity and integrity Of
tho Unieed Presbyterian Church. even to
the extent Of separation from the ma.
iority putposing course Of detection"
The Executive Committee was directed to
arrange through the Presbyterian societies
and by, other means to arouse tho people
to secure tho enforcement Of discipline
against known violations Of any Of the
principles Of tho church. u
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Good ,Year for the Mo,holists

PH1LAp ELrn1A, Nov. lS.-The annual
meeting Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Extension Society was begun here
yesterday. Bishop Bowman, Of St. Louis,
presided. There were present Blshop
Stephen NJ. Merrill, Charles P. Fowler,
John NJ. Walden, John F. Hurst and Ed
ward @. Anderson. The session was dc.
voted almost entirely to the reception OF
reports and the appointment Of commit.
tees. The report Of the President shows
that the past year haH been the most sue
cessful in the history OF the church. Tho
total receipts during the year have been
s309, 900, and the disbursements $500. 900.
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WARRINGTON, D. G., Nov. 1S.-The hrst
act Of President Cleveland after Congress
convenes, and alter he submits his annual
message, will be to send TO the Senate the
name Of Hon. Don. M. Dickinson, TO be
Postmaster General. At the same time
the present Postnasta. General will bo
nominated for Secretary Of the Interior,
vice Secretary Lamar, who will reign TO
accept q place on the Supreme bench Of
the United States. Mr.. Dickinson has
telegraphed tho President that he will &C.
cept the appointment If the Senate will
unanimously confirm him. Otherwise he
will not. There is little doubt, however.
Of the favorable action Of the Benste.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S.-The Trans
continental Development Company was
incorporated yesterday % obtain various
concessions from the Government Of Mex.
ico Tor mining purposes, railroad building
and lands for exploration, colonization,
etc. Its capital stock is 100000. Jesse
r. Graut, con OF the late General Grant,
ia one Of the incorporators and directors.
Jesse Grant Is now in San Francisco. "a N
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No Ch,nnmnn Mood Apply.

Nxws YoRk, Nov. ls.-The general term
Of tho Supreme Court to-day refused to
admit Hong Yen Chang, 9 young China
man, as a member Of the bar, he having
passed the examination. When he pre-
sented himself for examination, he made
affidavit that he was a resident OF this
State and had applied to the United States
District court to- be made q citizen. He
| is a graduate Of Columbia lsw school. 81 IS I:
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An Iniiumnn Mother.
,.anI.k Ia "a xF,y,IIfr,..

PARxEnsBuRa, W. VA, Nov. ls.-A
colored infant girl baby was found in. a
vault this morning on Eighth street. ltp
mother Is a young co!ored girl named
Dickinson. The infant was alive when
found but soon died. Its mother 10 In a
precarious condition. A coroner'u inquest
was held, the decision being that the
child came to its death by bsing thus ex.
poaed and treated by its mother.
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Don NJ. Dickinson is in his torty.frst
year and comes OF American stock on
both sides, through generations running
back to the seventeenth century. On his
fathers side he Is degcsndsd lTom the
Massachusetts Dickinsons and on his
mothers from the Holmeses, who were
with Roger Williams at the Providence
plantations. His father WAS man Of rare
intellect and high cultivation. CiIcum-
stances made it necessary for young Dick
inBoh to earn his own way to sduGstion
and he accom- plished 1t at school and col.
lege with his own means, gained at first
By manual labor and later by an excep-
tional capacity and judgment for all busi-
ness, and arsmarkable facility for turn
ing off work, and for taking RESPONSE
bility. Admitted to the bar when barely
twenty.one he ross rapidly in his pro-
fession, and from tho age Of twon-
ty-Gve he has been leading law
yer.i his State, and from the age OF thirty
one OF the first rounsellors in the North
west. His name has bs.n associated ss
counsel in nearly every famous litigation
in Michigan, and in the Supreme Courto
the United States in his record Of fsuccesses
has been brilliant. Mr.. Dickinson's con-
test IN behalf of the State courts against
the alleged invasion Of their Jurisdiction
by the Federal judiciary under the Bank
ruptcy law was qussi.politleal iu its char
acter, and in the Supreme Court Of the
United states, in the LeRour case, after
seven years OF defeats in the lower courts,
bis position wae sustained. His latest
widely known appearance in that court
was in the great telephone contest where
he made the leading argument Tor Draw
baugh against Bell, and was associated
with Senator Edmunds and Lysander Hill.
His professional INCOME runs from
thirty thousand dollars to ftty thousand
dollars per annum. In politics MIR.
Dickinson is Jeffersonian Democrat
believing in domestic self-government and
a strict construction OF the Constitution.
He advises care and caution In dealing
with protection ss 1t exists. He has been
a recognized leader OF his party since he
attained his majorl.y. Mr. Dickinson's 3
first vote was cast for Haratio Seymour.
He was Secretary Of the Democratic State
Central Committee at twenty-four, and
Chairman in the TiIden campaign in 1875,
when twenty.eight, conducting one of the
most vigorous campaigns Michigan has
known, and doing great part In reducing
the sixty thousand Republican majority to
twenty Thousand plurality. Flo was close
in Governor Tilden's councils both in
1876 and 1880, and was on terms Of isiend'
ship with that distinguished man. Mr.
Dickinson was Dslegate.at-Lsrge to the
Convention Of 1880, and Chairman Of the
Michigan delegation. Since 1854 he has
represented Michigan on the National
(1ommitfee. ,.aF ~. .ts7t; l,s 80.